Quick round-up of Soundgarden reviews from Friday’s show at the Showbox

Unfortunately we here at After Dark didn’t get in on tickets for Soundgarden’s “secret” show at Showbox at the Market under the anagram name Nudedragons. But as a newcomer to Seattle and a young guy — I was born after the group formed in 1984 — I probably wasn’t best-suited to review the classic grunge band’s first performance in 13 years.

That said, the show got plenty of great reviews from media and bloggers in the Seattle scene.

His voice was really strong the entire night, and he destroyed the high notes on “Flower” with ease. Having seen the man with Audioslave and solo a number of times, I’ve never heard him actually attempt the type of falsetto vocal acrobatics contained on Soundgarden’s earlier material and with only a slight echo on his mic it was pretty much mind blowing.